Owei Lakemfa

A peep into Yesterday

By Owei Lakemfa I first met Yahya Hashim when he came visiting the University of…

Victory in Mosul and the grave

By Owei Lakemfa The Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, cladded in black military uniform, stormed…

Maitama Sule: A President we never had

By Owei Lakemfa After a dozen years dictatorship, the military in 1978 made preparations to…

“Lagos State is a place for all”

By Owei Lakemfa The holding of the Eyo Festival as part of the activities marking…

There was a country called Libya

By Owei Lakemfa Saif al-Islam Ghaddafi, P.hd, London School of Economics, and the best known…

A March to Remember

By Owei Lakemfa Exactly twenty four years ago, the Babangida regime held Presidential elections which…

Dance the guns to silence

By Owei Lakemfa I flowed with diplomats in Abuja to celebrate Africa Day on May…

In the trenches of journalism, activism with Babafemi Ojudu

By Owei Lakemfa THERE is an African saying that human beings come individually to the…

Manchester attack weighing on British elections

By Owei Lakemfa I have poured over the face of 22-year old Salman Abedi several…

The sphinx of violence

By Owei Lakemfa The seasonal hurricane, ‘Military Mutiny’ is tearing through Cote d’Voire, while the…